Android 2.3.6 “Value Pack” update hitting Galaxy S on Optus

We’ve been informed by a reader that the Samsung Galaxy S on Optus is starting to receive the Android 2.3.6 “Value Pack” upgrade. Samsung’s decision to not upgrade the Galaxy S to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” means that the value pack upgrade is as close to it as owners are going to get to 4.0 in terms of features.

It brings to the table a few of ICS’s key features such as face unlock, faster performance and an all-round UI clean up/improvement. The full list of features (not confirmed by Optus) can be found below. The update is rolling out over-the-air so be sure to check your phone to see if it’s ready for you. Make sure your battery is near full and you’re on a stable connection.

use odin3 v1.83 with the firmware from sammobile.Just make sure pda is ticked and you know where you have extracted the firware on your PC when you click on pda to look for the tar file.You can’t go wrong….Keis is the biggest load of crap.

I just got my S3 I gave my wife the Galaxy S.
Update went well (though still had typical KIES issues).
It is good to see they are still releasing updates this far along and that the carriers are following through 🙂

With all those features they should just call it ICS … Just A watered down version of the ICS software like Apple does with iOS. That would hopefully shut up those bitching and stop the iphone fan comments “my phone is 3yrs old and it is getting iOS6, Samsung is sh#t. ”

Thanks Samsung. I got the SGS3 now but am happy the “old girl” gets some love still.